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first let me say i largely agree with everything steven said but again he's are all economic analysts based on possible contingencies. we're going to have two chances to avoid this one on a lame duck session which could go one way if romney is elected and another way if the president is re-elected. >> ifill: what do you mean. where the democrats maintain control of the senate, we'll have a much longer lame duck with a much greater opportunity for more leverage on the president and more opportunity for revenues to be included in a grand bargain. if the republicans take over it's likely we won't have a very robust lame duck session. either way when the congress comes back in january the republicans will likely still control the the house. they will likely not implement these cuts one way or the other. >> ifill: have either of you heard any movement on this? everyone is saying can it possibly happen? but is anything actually going on in briefly are. >> what's interesting is the actual and maybe steven knows this better than i but the top-level negotiations are dormant. they're not going
first let me say i largely agree with everything steven said but again he's are all economic analysts based on possible contingencies. we're going to have two chances to avoid this one on a lame duck session which could go one way if romney is elected and another way if the president is re-elected. >> ifill: what do you mean. where the democrats maintain control of the senate, we'll have a much longer lame duck with a much greater opportunity for more leverage on the president and more...
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. >> brown: pastor stevens also had a greater concern about missed opportunities. >> this shouldn't be an election about voting against the other guy. this should be an election about voting for the person who is is going to benefit your community. >> brown: you're not seeing that from either party? >> neither party. neither party >> brown: the two parties intending to stir enthusiasm in the weeks before the vote, that might well be a sobering message indeed. >> ifill: you can find more on jeff's trip to north >> ifill: you can find more on jeff's trip to north carolina, including his foray into mixed martial arts on our web site. watch his newsroom conversation with political editor christina bellantoni, plus a behind-the- scenes slideshow, on our politics page. >> woodruff: the newshour and npr are tracking how the presidential campaigns are spending their ad dollars to target specific demographic groups in battlegrounds like north carolina, our partner kantar media/cmag found that president obama and mitt romney have spent eight times more money this year on spanish- language ads th
. >> brown: pastor stevens also had a greater concern about missed opportunities. >> this shouldn't be an election about voting against the other guy. this should be an election about voting for the person who is is going to benefit your community. >> brown: you're not seeing that from either party? >> neither party. neither party >> brown: the two parties intending to stir enthusiasm in the weeks before the vote, that might well be a sobering message indeed....
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ambassador christopher stevens, who died in the attack. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland acknowledged only two private guards are protecting the site. >> we have had some challenges securing the site. we are continuing to talk to the libyan side about that. but this was not-- based on what we've seen-- any kind of breach of classified information. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, the f.b.i. confirmed a team of agents visited benghazi yesterday, for the first time. until now, the group had stayed away, due to security concerns. a long-standing battle over google's book-scanning project was settled today. authors and publishers filed suit against the company back in 2005, saying it violated their copyrights. google launched the project a year earlier, making digital copies of books from major research libraries. in all, more than 20 million books have been scanned. now, publishers will get to choose which books are included. a lawsuit with authors is still ongoing. facebook now has one billion users. the number-one
ambassador christopher stevens, who died in the attack. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland acknowledged only two private guards are protecting the site. >> we have had some challenges securing the site. we are continuing to talk to the libyan side about that. but this was not-- based on what we've seen-- any kind of breach of classified information. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, the f.b.i. confirmed a team of agents visited benghazi yesterday, for the...
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. >> rose: question of libya and the tragic death of ambassador stevens there. is that going to be an issue here? >> the short answer is yes. governor romney returned to it in his speech today. it adds to the sense in the general just of disquiet. if so many good things are supposedly happening in the middle east, why did this happen. so when bad things happen on your watch you're always blamed, fair or not. in this case the administration was slow to respond. the initial response talked about the video, seemed to almost want to go out of its way to deny the reality of terrorism. so, yeah, i think they've left themselves a little bit vulnerable but i wouldn't exaggerate it. these investigations are going to take a while to play out. but it is just a sense that, you know, it's one of the many reasons why the furnace brook parkway arab spring ought to be banned. >> rose: david? >> yeah, i think that's right and i think that the administration recognizes now that they reacted far too slowly. but i thought what was one of the strongest parts of the romney speech tod
. >> rose: question of libya and the tragic death of ambassador stevens there. is that going to be an issue here? >> the short answer is yes. governor romney returned to it in his speech today. it adds to the sense in the general just of disquiet. if so many good things are supposedly happening in the middle east, why did this happen. so when bad things happen on your watch you're always blamed, fair or not. in this case the administration was slow to respond. the initial response...
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consulate in benghazi libya and the death of ambassador chris stevens on the night of september 11. the administration initially blamed an anti-muslim film for inciting the trouble. more recently officials have said new information indicates it was a terrorist attack. today romney again criticized the president's response in libya. >> i want to be very clear. the blame for the murder of our people in libya and the attacks on our embassies in so many other countries lie solely with those who carry them out. no one else. but it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape his not to lead from behind. leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> woodruff: for its par, the obama campaign aired a new ad that accused romney of injecting politics into a national tragedy with his initial response to the consulate attack. >> when our u.s. diplomats were attacked in libya, the "new york times" said romney's knee-jerk response showed an extraordinary lack of presidential character. even republican experts say romney's remarks were the
consulate in benghazi libya and the death of ambassador chris stevens on the night of september 11. the administration initially blamed an anti-muslim film for inciting the trouble. more recently officials have said new information indicates it was a terrorist attack. today romney again criticized the president's response in libya. >> i want to be very clear. the blame for the murder of our people in libya and the attacks on our embassies in so many other countries lie solely with those...
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chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public, because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that's caring for the massive security of the country. the best way to do that is take a look at how he's handled the issues of the day. on iraq the president said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have-- he ended it. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date, number one. and number two, with regard to 2014, it depends. when it c
chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public, because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look...
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. >> ambassador chris fer stevens worried about al-qaida and asking for more security before the attack that killed him . those thippings that i need for every day living are expensive. what kind of impact will inflation have on the election. joe at it again. >>> how many do you know who served in iraq or iran. another biden blunder. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [ applause ] >>> thank you. thank you. we have got a great enthusiastic audience here. so happy to have them and you. welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york maybelet most interesting moment in last week's presidential debate when the president claimed he labeled the attack on benghazi in the rose garden comment. mitt romney rightly challenged the thing and whip sawed by moderator candy crowley who rushed to offer asylum to president obama and saying that he had indeed labeled the benghazi atact as the result of terrorism . he mentioned acts of terror. but he did not attribute the assault in libya to such a thing. >>> no acts of terror will shape the nation or alter character or eclipse the lig
. >> ambassador chris fer stevens worried about al-qaida and asking for more security before the attack that killed him . those thippings that i need for every day living are expensive. what kind of impact will inflation have on the election. joe at it again. >>> how many do you know who served in iraq or iran. another biden blunder. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [ applause ] >>> thank you. thank you. we have got a great enthusiastic audience here. so...
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the night in question, september 11, ambassador stevens was being visited by the turkish ambassador. and the coordinated attack lasted for hours with al qaeda-associated militia. my belief is that that was known by the administration within 24 hours. and, quite frankly, susan rice, on your show on september 16, the president on the 18th, the and the 25th, kept talkin talking about an attack inspired by a video. they're trying to sell a narrative, quite frankly, that the middle east, the wars are receding and al qaeda's been dismantled, and to admit that our embassy was attacked by al qaeda operatives and libya leading from behind didn't work. i think undercut that narrative. they never believed the media would investigate. congress was out of session, and this caught up with them. i think they have been misleading us, but it finally caught up with them. >> schieffer: well, that is a very serious charge you just leveled, senator graham. >> uh-huh. >> schieffer: are you saying the administration deliberately misled the american people to make it look as if terrorism i is-- is not as mu
the night in question, september 11, ambassador stevens was being visited by the turkish ambassador. and the coordinated attack lasted for hours with al qaeda-associated militia. my belief is that that was known by the administration within 24 hours. and, quite frankly, susan rice, on your show on september 16, the president on the 18th, the and the 25th, kept talkin talking about an attack inspired by a video. they're trying to sell a narrative, quite frankly, that the middle east, the wars...
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stevens and smith did not crawl after him. even though he can barely see and barely breathe he goes back in, goes back in several times. he can't find them. he is overcome with smoke. >> he struggles up a small ladder to the roof of the building and collapses and radios the other agents. another a little emerges from the a tactical operation center and moves to the small agent and get them out. they get into a armored vehicle and drive to a short distance to the residence. they crawl into the residence on their hands and knees feeling their way through the building to try to find their two colleagues. they find smith. they pull him out of the building. these is dead. now, remember, the crack site security team is gone but there is small unit of security a mile away. six americans and 16 from the militia arrive. they surround the compound but they are unable to find stevens and libyan forces say they can't hold the perimeter. the agents carry the body and exit the main gate. they head for the annex about a mile away and crowd f
stevens and smith did not crawl after him. even though he can barely see and barely breathe he goes back in, goes back in several times. he can't find them. he is overcome with smoke. >> he struggles up a small ladder to the roof of the building and collapses and radios the other agents. another a little emerges from the a tactical operation center and moves to the small agent and get them out. they get into a armored vehicle and drive to a short distance to the residence. they crawl into...
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stevens. the senior member of the mobile security deployment team routinely met with him and discussed general threats and specific concerns we might have about his schedule, his routine, and his meetings. as i noted in that informal hearing, one of the specific threats we have received, which was reference this morning, was a threat posted to facebook. we came across that threat as a result of senator mccain coming out to review the elections that were held in early july. my point of it is, he was absolutely responsive and he deferred to what our concerns were. >> thank you. mr. lamb, yesterday you told us in testimony that you received, from mr. nordstrom, a recommendation, but not a request, for more security. he said that if you submitted a request, you would not support it. is that correct? >> at the time of our meeting last night, i went back -- >> first answer the question. did you say that he would not support it if he gave you the request? >> under the current conditions, yes. >> afte
stevens. the senior member of the mobile security deployment team routinely met with him and discussed general threats and specific concerns we might have about his schedule, his routine, and his meetings. as i noted in that informal hearing, one of the specific threats we have received, which was reference this morning, was a threat posted to facebook. we came across that threat as a result of senator mccain coming out to review the elections that were held in early july. my point of it is, he...
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>> at no time or any concerns raised to me by ambassador stevens. the colonel, a senior member of the team, there were general concerns there might be over his schedule. one of wall received this morning was posted to facebook, we came across that threat as a result. senator mccain came out to post to review the elections, in early july. my point is that he was absolutely responsive when he referred to our concerns. >> thank you. yesterday you told us in testimony that you received from mr. nordstrom a recommendation, but not a request for more security. you admitted that you had previously said that if he submitted a request, you would not support it, correct? >> after the meeting last night, i went back. >> first, answer the question, then i will let you expand. did you say that yesterday? the you would not support if given the request? >> under current conditions, yes. >> what did you discover? >> i went back to review the cable from which i was referring. i have been referring lots of them. >> we have the cables from the ninth, one was in the re
>> at no time or any concerns raised to me by ambassador stevens. the colonel, a senior member of the team, there were general concerns there might be over his schedule. one of wall received this morning was posted to facebook, we came across that threat as a result. senator mccain came out to post to review the elections, in early july. my point is that he was absolutely responsive when he referred to our concerns. >> thank you. yesterday you told us in testimony that you received...
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directly all they saw at the building on fire and master stevens most likely died of smoke inhalation so we want to talk more about the changing story and also the developing investigation with retired cia officer ray mcgovern and our correspondent liz wahl and liz let me start with you because you just got back here i did literally minutes ago from the hearings i just tell us a little bit about what you heard today lawmakers today basically demanding answers on the libya attacks congress question some key witnesses about the security failures in benghazi right off the bat we have the chairman of this committee representative darrell issa saying this is not about a youtube video this is not about a video that went viral that made fun of the prophet mohammad that this was in fact premeditated he called them up predictable terrorist attacks and he really hailed eric nordstrom for coming forward and helping him as a whistleblower for coming forward with some of the information where he made repeated requests saying that the suit situation because he was there on the ground in benghazi sa
directly all they saw at the building on fire and master stevens most likely died of smoke inhalation so we want to talk more about the changing story and also the developing investigation with retired cia officer ray mcgovern and our correspondent liz wahl and liz let me start with you because you just got back here i did literally minutes ago from the hearings i just tell us a little bit about what you heard today lawmakers today basically demanding answers on the libya attacks congress...
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the words of chris stevens here. the republican chairman of the government committee here lookg into benghazi released the documents friday night. and i want to bring in the former undersecretary of political affairs at the state department, nick burns. nick, welcome. >> thank you. >> you were at the state department for more than ten years, knowing about these cables now, can you just take me inside the state department, you know, when you're hearing words like this, like security vacuum and you're getting these requests from an ambassador, what is the process like? how is it handled? >> well, brooke, i'm sure there will be lots of questions tonight about security post both president obama and governor romney. it is a very important issue. in the state department, of course, security for our diplomats, for our people overseas and more than 275 embassies and consulates, that's job one, that's the priority. it has been for second clinton a and her predecessors. we outside of government cannot possibly know all of the
the words of chris stevens here. the republican chairman of the government committee here lookg into benghazi released the documents friday night. and i want to bring in the former undersecretary of political affairs at the state department, nick burns. nick, welcome. >> thank you. >> you were at the state department for more than ten years, knowing about these cables now, can you just take me inside the state department, you know, when you're hearing words like this, like security...
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what african state this raises a lot of questions first of all the killing of ambassador christopher stevens last month has been conveniently blamed on al qaida and the ansari al should we have a militia they are nowhere in the vicinity of bani walid so therefore why is but why lead being targeted is it being targeted because this is the first anniversary of the martyrdom of colonel moammar gadhafi who was slaughtered in sirte with the assistance of the united states and nato also the whole question about the status of muso even rahim who was the spokes person for the gym of the former government in libya there's been reports that he has been captured but then these reports have been denied both by people who are officials of the gnc as well as opposed to on facebook or and yesterday there of course there's been reports that gadhafi is youngest son camas khadafi has been captured and possibly killed as well so where is the state department where are the international human rights forces in regard to this blatant violation of the sovereignty and the will big of the people in this area when yo
what african state this raises a lot of questions first of all the killing of ambassador christopher stevens last month has been conveniently blamed on al qaida and the ansari al should we have a militia they are nowhere in the vicinity of bani walid so therefore why is but why lead being targeted is it being targeted because this is the first anniversary of the martyrdom of colonel moammar gadhafi who was slaughtered in sirte with the assistance of the united states and nato also the whole...
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zinda and the other people. -- ambassador stevens. the reason we have those details is mysterious. news outlets were not invited. any reasonable person looking at the security situation in libya had to come to the conclusion that it was a tumultuous, at best. i wish i could tell you everything i have learned. i did go to libya. i did drop everything. i had the same type of notice that was given to the democrats. the state department sent an attorney to follow me with every footstep. to suggest you did not have an opportunity to go was absolutely wrong. i wish i could share everything i learned there, but we have to be careful about the sensitive information and sources in a classified setting. i think some of the information the state department has shared has overstepped some of those bounds. let us be careful today to not reveal some of that classified information. it has been too difficult to get basic information. i will tell you that when i was in libya, a good part of the day, never once did a person ever mentioned a video. neve
zinda and the other people. -- ambassador stevens. the reason we have those details is mysterious. news outlets were not invited. any reasonable person looking at the security situation in libya had to come to the conclusion that it was a tumultuous, at best. i wish i could tell you everything i have learned. i did go to libya. i did drop everything. i had the same type of notice that was given to the democrats. the state department sent an attorney to follow me with every footstep. to suggest...
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. >>> ambassador stevens including the day he died, begged for more security and told them, that the security was horribly lacking. doesn't that factor in to the damage? >>> what was he worried about was religious extremist who were intending to kill innocent people including people in the red cross. they were attacked with impugnity in the red cross. not just on the day he died but the days leading up to it, james rosen with the fox state department correspondant got the cables sent from libya to the state department. i don't know where they went from there and i am not trying to make it political. one, first of all, we have to get justice for what happened to our people there and figure out what went wrong and prevent it from happening again and the american people deserve answers as to why there are so many different store store september 12th and president obama left and you know he went to vegas for a fund raiser, the biggest strategic mistake. as commander in chief he should have stayed and got a handle on it. he might not be the fix he is now. >>> you have been in a place wher
. >>> ambassador stevens including the day he died, begged for more security and told them, that the security was horribly lacking. doesn't that factor in to the damage? >>> what was he worried about was religious extremist who were intending to kill innocent people including people in the red cross. they were attacked with impugnity in the red cross. not just on the day he died but the days leading up to it, james rosen with the fox state department correspondant got the...
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> it's a country that in many ways, we have to set up -- what kind of planning that went into chris stevens. is that all true? you can't put the piece of puzzle together even now. >> you peal layers back, and you gather more intelligence. >> of the many absurdities that are hurled around in this election season, the notion that the president is an apologyist where he ordered an ppds historic number of drone strikes, why is the president not been more forceful and that he's an appeaser of some sort and to what degree is he worried about alienating those on the left that have not discussed that kind of strategy very much. >> i don't think -- look, i think the reason the president doesn't deal with this notion of being an appeaser is because i think other than mitt romney and a handful of republicans it's not a narrative that i think most people in this country believe. barack obama has the quintessential american story. and as you mentioned, we have a policy that has taken the fight to the terrorists. we didn't invade the wrong country in iraq. we've gone back into afghanistan to make sure th
> it's a country that in many ways, we have to set up -- what kind of planning that went into chris stevens. is that all true? you can't put the piece of puzzle together even now. >> you peal layers back, and you gather more intelligence. >> of the many absurdities that are hurled around in this election season, the notion that the president is an apologyist where he ordered an ppds historic number of drone strikes, why is the president not been more forceful and that he's an...
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. >> two men have been detained in connection with the killing of ambassador chris stevens. graduated from uc berkeley in 82. the two were stopped at an airport on wednesday. turkish police haven't commented on the report. the september 11th attack killed stevens and three other americans. >>> in australia, hundreds of firefighters are battling massive brushfires. 40 fires have been reported as hot and windy conditions are spanning the flames. bracing themselves for one of the worst brushfire seasons in years. >> hundreds of people in liver pool, england marked the 50th anniversary of the beatles first big song. got to number 17 on the british music charts and puts the group on the map. hit in 1964. working on the song when they were teenagers. >> a global fashion retailer cut the ribbon today on first west coast store in san francisco. >> hundreds of fashion lovers joined the mayor and the founder of unique this morning for the grand opening of the japanese clothing store. more than 1100 stores worldwide and officials say this new store in san francisco will be hiring 500 e
. >> two men have been detained in connection with the killing of ambassador chris stevens. graduated from uc berkeley in 82. the two were stopped at an airport on wednesday. turkish police haven't commented on the report. the september 11th attack killed stevens and three other americans. >>> in australia, hundreds of firefighters are battling massive brushfires. 40 fires have been reported as hot and windy conditions are spanning the flames. bracing themselves for one of the...
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. >> two men have been detained in connection with the killing of ambassador chris stevens. graduated from uc berkeley in 82. the two were stopped at an airport on wednesday. turkish police haven't commented on the report. the september 11th attack killed stevens and three other americans. >>> in australia, hundreds of firefighters are battling massive brushfires. 40 fires have been reported as hot and windy conditions are spanning the flames. bracing themselves for one of the worst brushfire seasons in years. >> hundreds of people in liver pool, england marked the 50th anniversary of the beatles first big song. got to number 17 on the british music charts and puts the group on the map. hit in 1964. working on the song when they were teenagers. >> a global fashion retailer cut the ribbon today on first west coast store in san francisco. >> hundreds of fashion lovers joined the mayor and the founder of unique this morning for the grand opening of the japanese clothing store. more than 1100 stores worldwide and officials say this new store in san francisco will be hiring 500 e
. >> two men have been detained in connection with the killing of ambassador chris stevens. graduated from uc berkeley in 82. the two were stopped at an airport on wednesday. turkish police haven't commented on the report. the september 11th attack killed stevens and three other americans. >>> in australia, hundreds of firefighters are battling massive brushfires. 40 fires have been reported as hot and windy conditions are spanning the flames. bracing themselves for one of the...
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ambassador chris stevens sent repeated memos to washington, even on the day he was killed, asking for more security. senator graham, is it conceivable that president obama didn't know how dangerous benghazi was, for americans? >> no. no administration will send the president of the united states out into the public arena, not telling him about an attack in april and june, and, tell me about the consulate attack in benghazi, what do you think about it, and the president said i don't know and i find that inconceivable. and this is going to be a case study, studied for years of a break down of national security, and, failed presidential leadership and senior members of the obama administration, failed miseraand the benghazi, libya conflict was becoming a death trap and the british left and the red cross left, because of the deteriorating security environment and we were requesting additional security and it was denied because we wanted to normalize relationships with a nonexistent government and we should have closed the consulate long before september 11th, or heavily reinforced it and
ambassador chris stevens sent repeated memos to washington, even on the day he was killed, asking for more security. senator graham, is it conceivable that president obama didn't know how dangerous benghazi was, for americans? >> no. no administration will send the president of the united states out into the public arena, not telling him about an attack in april and june, and, tell me about the consulate attack in benghazi, what do you think about it, and the president said i don't know...
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embassador stevens met the turkish embassador. there wasn't a soul around. it was a seven hour planned attack, intel was al-qaeda was on the rise. everybody else left but us, the c.i.a. chief says this was a militia attack within 24 hours. the president of libya said it was an al qaeda attack. a rocket it falling apart, bin laden is dead, al-qaeda is on the rise. go to the training camps in iraq. 32,000 people have been killed while we do nothing. islam i can extremist are infiltrating syria. as for iran, they have quadruple of amount of enriched uranium. nothing is working, the whole region's falling apart leading from behind is a failure. and overselling the death of bin laden caught up with him in libya. >> now i feel like one of the moderators. senator graham, senator durbin, thanks for joining us. we'll see if the candidates do as well as you did. >> former south dakota senator george mcgovern died that morning, the democratic nominee for president in 1972 lose to go richard nixon. he was 90 years old. >>> next, the granddaddy of all polling helps us so
embassador stevens met the turkish embassador. there wasn't a soul around. it was a seven hour planned attack, intel was al-qaeda was on the rise. everybody else left but us, the c.i.a. chief says this was a militia attack within 24 hours. the president of libya said it was an al qaeda attack. a rocket it falling apart, bin laden is dead, al-qaeda is on the rise. go to the training camps in iraq. 32,000 people have been killed while we do nothing. islam i can extremist are infiltrating syria....
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i ask you about the masses stevens, a skilled career -- i ask you about ambassador stevens, a skills career diplomat. he told me that when there was a perceived threat in is running, he ceased running. when you are able to come up with an acceptable way for him to run, he ran again, but only under your authority and recommendation. is that correct? >> yes, mr. chairman. >> did he do what you saw when you recommended it. did he chafe over what you thought was best for his security? >> at no time did i have concerns raised to me by ambassador stevens. the senior member of the mobile security deployment team routinely met with him and discussed general threats and specific concerns we might have about his schedule, his routine, and his meetings. as i noted in that informal hearing, one of the specific threats we have received, which was reference this morning, was a threat posted to facebook. we came across that threat as a result of senator mccain coming out to review the elections that were held in early july. my point of it is, he was absolutely responsive and he deferred to what our
i ask you about the masses stevens, a skilled career -- i ask you about ambassador stevens, a skills career diplomat. he told me that when there was a perceived threat in is running, he ceased running. when you are able to come up with an acceptable way for him to run, he ran again, but only under your authority and recommendation. is that correct? >> yes, mr. chairman. >> did he do what you saw when you recommended it. did he chafe over what you thought was best for his security?...
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stephen soon professor of politics and middle east chair at the university of san francisco hey there steven thank you so much for joining me so we've got a lot of ground to cover let's start by talking about the vice presidential debate and the two men with their two very different opinions how do you think they handled the iran situation. unfortunately their opinions weren't all that different from the came to iran neither of them on trial and martha raddatz the moderators for cost or a statement. or random somehow the biggest national security threat the united states faces today i mean united states virtually surrounds iran with military bases and forces our military budget here in the united states is more than one hundred times that of iran. we have a vast nuclear arsenal there are not kept on going to ballistic missile submarine base those stick missiles. around us and have any nuclear weapons or missiles capable of coming anywhere close to the united states so i was rather shocked at the assumption that they were debating about in the first place and when they did debate it was sort
stephen soon professor of politics and middle east chair at the university of san francisco hey there steven thank you so much for joining me so we've got a lot of ground to cover let's start by talking about the vice presidential debate and the two men with their two very different opinions how do you think they handled the iran situation. unfortunately their opinions weren't all that different from the came to iran neither of them on trial and martha raddatz the moderators for cost or a...
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steven hayes wrote a comprehensive and interesting piece trying to digest the media. he says, tucker, this is an effort to write al qaeda aught of the story. that "l.a. times" piece and what we are hearing from the media and administration is an effort to write al qaeda out of the story. no evidence found of al qaeda role in libya and the piece doughs on to not actually show that. >> what the cia talking points do not show is the intelligence communities concluded this video was in any way responsible for what happened in benghazi. here is how you know this is an orchestrated political effort on the part of the obama white house. you have cia officers attacks their agencies for its intelligence failures. that does not happen in washington with a pretty aggressive nudge from those in political power. there is just no way the cia is going to voluntarily take responsibility for this break down in intelligence unless pushed to. that's where this is coming from. megyn: help me understand as a journalist and not a political consultant how that narrative on the video helps t
steven hayes wrote a comprehensive and interesting piece trying to digest the media. he says, tucker, this is an effort to write al qaeda aught of the story. that "l.a. times" piece and what we are hearing from the media and administration is an effort to write al qaeda out of the story. no evidence found of al qaeda role in libya and the piece doughs on to not actually show that. >> what the cia talking points do not show is the intelligence communities concluded this video was...
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it was the state department that denied the security needed to help protect ambassador stevens. >> eric: how do you think this will resonate with the american people tomorrow night? >> i think the american people can see, over the past few week, the obama administration has not been able to speak with a clear voice on a matter where it's more important than anything to speak with a clear voice, on matters of foreign policy. our allies need to know that we havenr an intelligence system that doesn't send a strong message to our allies or the people who would do us harm. i think the american people will see that mitt romney is presidential and he is handling this in a way that they can have confidence with and they have a lack of confidence in the obama administration and the state department. >> eric: it's the last debate. this is it, folks. could this change people's minds? >> it could change minds and reinforce what some people believe. here's what i think is important. the president has consistently in every poll, including the fox news poll that came out last week, has the advantage o
it was the state department that denied the security needed to help protect ambassador stevens. >> eric: how do you think this will resonate with the american people tomorrow night? >> i think the american people can see, over the past few week, the obama administration has not been able to speak with a clear voice on a matter where it's more important than anything to speak with a clear voice, on matters of foreign policy. our allies need to know that we havenr an intelligence...
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steven craig is political science professor at the university of florida. larry sabato runs the university of politics a it the university of virginia. thank you for being here. first, start with you, david, in iowa. the real clear politics average of the latest polls has president obama up 2 points. it looks like it's closing there. what is the situation on the ground? >> closer than two points. obama is narrowly ahead and romney is closing. republicans are doing better job on absentee ballots than before. democrats always dade good job on that. that is why romney is closing. this race feels like 2000, 2004. gore won by four votes per press cinct. president bush in 2004 won by ten votes per precinct. this is ground game. tv is music now. not having impact. it's who will get out the last few people to go vote. >> bret:stei steven, in florida, the real clear average of latest polls have romney up three points over president obama. it seems in recent days the state has been trending republican. >> it has been. for period of time, the president was able to mai
steven craig is political science professor at the university of florida. larry sabato runs the university of politics a it the university of virginia. thank you for being here. first, start with you, david, in iowa. the real clear politics average of the latest polls has president obama up 2 points. it looks like it's closing there. what is the situation on the ground? >> closer than two points. obama is narrowly ahead and romney is closing. republicans are doing better job on absentee...
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fran recently visited libya prior to this attack and visited with ambassador stevens. what do you make of the e-mail sent to a number of state department officials and the national security council. >> we shouldn't be surprised by this. remember, we reported early on, law enforcement sources i had spoken to said the state department had real time access to the facts on the ground, because, of course, from the consulate, they called to the embassy in trip old ooeshg patched through, state department headquarters, we knew they had real time access to information. it is true that in the early going there, is conflicting information, but as you point out, the very same law enforcement officials had interviewed those who survived the attack as they came out. those officials confirming what they have heard from the reports on the ground very early on and frankly we still don't know why is it that information wasn't what was communicated to ambassador susan rice who went out the following sunday and said this was the result of a protest. >> gathering of information within 24,
fran recently visited libya prior to this attack and visited with ambassador stevens. what do you make of the e-mail sent to a number of state department officials and the national security council. >> we shouldn't be surprised by this. remember, we reported early on, law enforcement sources i had spoken to said the state department had real time access to the facts on the ground, because, of course, from the consulate, they called to the embassy in trip old ooeshg patched through, state...
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debbie stevens was unjustly fired from her job at a long island car dealership. this paves the way for stevens to file a $15 million lawsuit against the dealership and her former boss. >>> were the san diego chargers caught cheating during sunday's game? line ref claims he confiscated a towel from an equipment manager that had a banned sticky substance on it. the substance helps players grab and hold on to the ball. the team denies the claims. the nfl is investigating. >>> it is time now for your brew on this responses. last night president obama and mitt romney squared off in their third and final debate. we want to know did it influence your decision? >> here are some of your responses. the debate served to strengthen my opinion that governor romney is very ready to become president. >> paul caruso tweeted us i am sticking with romney. last night didn't change anything for me. what foreign experience did obama have? none. >> tom says no tonight's debate had no effect on my decision. the first debate told me all i need to do know. >> thank you to all who respond
debbie stevens was unjustly fired from her job at a long island car dealership. this paves the way for stevens to file a $15 million lawsuit against the dealership and her former boss. >>> were the san diego chargers caught cheating during sunday's game? line ref claims he confiscated a towel from an equipment manager that had a banned sticky substance on it. the substance helps players grab and hold on to the ball. the team denies the claims. the nfl is investigating. >>> it...